The folks at SurveyUSA continue to roll out state-by-state test heats, with possible vice-presidential running mates grafted onto John McCain and Barack Obama (see the 5/20 post below for a longer expplanation).
For champions of a Tim Pawlenty pick by McCain, the short version is this: Bad news, governor.
In Virginia, where Obama runs 7 percentage points ahead of McCain without running mates, Pawlenty drags the GOP ticket to within a single point. In Ohio, his strongest showing is a 5-point loss — and he turns out the worst performance by far, with McCain-Pawlenty losing to Obama and John Edwards by 18 percentage points.
[…] LetsGoGirl wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMore Republican test heats (Pawlenty still lagging) May 23rd, 2008 – 1:32 PM by Bob von Sternberg The folks at SurveyUSA continue to roll out state-by-state test heats, with possible vice-presidential running mates grafted onto John McCain and Barack Obama (see the 5/20 post below for a longer expplanation). For champions of a Tim Pawlenty pick by McCain, the short version is this: Bad news, governor. In Virginia, where Obama runs 7 percentage points ahead of McCain without running mates, P […]